NEW YORK The legal fallout from Facebook Inc.’s botched initial public offering last year isn’t over, although regulators approved the $62-million plan by Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. to repay brokerages that lost money in the debacle. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval Monday does not stop the government…

PowerPoint should make presentations easy, perhaps too easy in the minds of some audiences. But the reality for the person on the podium is often less relaxing. There is too much to go wrong. Cables go missing. Batteries die. And pieces of tech that are supposed to communicate with each…

Zillow released an Android update on Tuesday, adding Spanish-language support to the home-rental app. The app allows users to search for homes based on location, by using their phone’s GPS, typing in a specific address, or drawing a search boundary on a map (e.g. around your office or favorite neighborhood)….

I’ve got a bad case of the Windows 8 Metro interface Blues. It looks like Microsoft will be releasing Windows Blue midyear, but the interface is going to be the same old Metro mess that’s been giving its users the blues since day one.Windows Blue: More of the same old…

I intend buying a 3G iPad but I don’t have a computer or broadband connection in my home at present. Can I print from the iPad to an AirPrint Compatible wireless printer, or do I have to have Wi-Fi?Norman Reid, by email I have come across reports of it…

Sixteen years after he died, famed roboticist Alastair Sterling wakes in a robot body to a world he barely recognizes. Artificial beings walk the Earth, many of them based on his own memories and designs. Confused about his resurrection and this brave new world, Al visits his old research partner…

Chairman Ray said:Looks like you’ve got a dust problem. The easiest way to clean it out is by using compressed air. If you take your netbook to your local gas station, you can use their air pump to blow out the dust. A more thorough way is to unscrew the…

A robotic snake developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has suddenly gained a frightening new power the ability to hug things. Last week, the university’s Biorobotics Laboratory published a new video of its modular snake, demonstrating the robot’s ability to reactively latch on to objects. When thrown against a…

Hello All,My old netbook (Acer AS1551) which I loved recently died do to a hard fall on the floor courtesy my GF,lol @_@. Anyway I’m in the market for a new netbook to purchase. I would have just bought another Acer AS1551 as a replacement but unfortunately it seems…

Saudi Arabia’s top religious cleric has criticised the social media website Twitter, calling it “a council for jokesters” and a place for unjust, incorrect messages. Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al-Sheikh made the remarks during a speech to other Saudi clerics on Friday. The Mufti’s remarks came on the same day…